The so-called brain-eating amoeba, or Naegleria fowleri, killed a South Carolina boy early in July after swimming in a lake there. Here's what you need to know about this highly deadly pathogen. While ...

A 12-year-old boy, Jaysen Carr, who had spent a joyful Fourth of July swimming and riding on a boat in South Carolina's popular lake called Lake Murray, was tragically found dead two weeks later.

(NewsNation) — A 12-year-old boy has died in South Carolina after becoming infected with a rare brain-eating amoeba from swimming in a lake earlier this month. The boy passed away on July 18 after ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A 12-year-old boy died from a brain-eating amoeba two weeks after a holiday weekend on a popular South Carolina lake. The brain-eating amoeba enters the body when water is forced ...

A Missourian has contracted a rare, often deadly brain infection from an amoeba, according to the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services. The amoeba, Naegleria fowleri, is often called a ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A 12-year-old boy died from a brain-eating amoeba two weeks after a holiday weekend on a popular South Carolina lake. The brain-eating amoeba enters the body when water is forced ...